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3 unusual facts about UK Sport


Athletic scholarship

Students who are elite standard sports competitors are eligible for financial support from bodies such as UK Sport on the same basis as anyone else.

UK Sport

Sebastian Coe, in conversation with Iain Sproat, had given him the idea of financially supporting sporting excellence.

On 8 July 1994 Iain Sproat, the sports minister, outlined proposals to replace the Sports Council along with Jude Rai and the UK Sports Council (for elite athletes) and the England Sports Council.



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